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Importing cue lists

Bring cues in from CSV or a JSON export — review the parse, then commit onto a layer.

If the cues already exist in another desk or spreadsheet, you don't have to retype them. The Files tab has a cue importer that parses an uploaded list, shows you what it found, and commits it onto a layer of your choosing.

Supported files

CSV — cue number, label, page, notes. The dependable path.
JSON — a cue list in Cuelist's canonical import shape.

Cuelist detects the format from the file. QLab, Eos, and Hog show files are recognised, but their native binary formats aren't read directly — drop a .qlab5 workspace and Cuelist tells you to use that desk's Export → CSV and upload the CSV instead. Cue numbers, labels, notes, and group structure round-trip cleanly through the CSV path.

Review before commit

Importing is two steps and nothing is written until the second. The parse step lists every cue it read and any warnings — a malformed row, a column it couldn't place — so you can check the result before committing. Discard and start over if it doesn't look right.

Commit onto a layer

Pick the target layer and confirm. The cues land on that layer in bulk; rows that fail validation are skipped and counted in the summary, so a few bad lines don't sink the whole import.